Short Stories to Improve Their Reading Outline

Your independent reader will enjoy the stories and activities while extending literacy skills.

• Each story uses Canadian content for all stories and activities.

• Offers reading experiences in a variety of genres: fiction, non-fiction

• Provides a variety of activities that are based on skills in the Canadian curriculum.

• Extends the stories with real life applications.

Each includes a one page story, and three worksheets.

• Part A: Word Power

• Part B: Understanding the Story

• Part C: Using Your Ideas

Story One: Pass It On (recycling began years ago, as items were passed down)

• Skills:

  • Locating Details/Facts

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Two: Lemmings

• Skills:

  • Classifying Information

  • Finding Proof

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Three: The General Store

• Skills:

  • Locating Details/Facts

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Four: Different Strokes (canoe paddling)

• Skills:

  • Finding Proof

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Five: Skate On! (The Rideau Canal)

• Skills:

  • Noting Details

  • Recalling Information

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

  • Syllabication

Story Six: The Prairie Dog

• Skills:

  • Locating Details/Facts

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Seven: Justin’s World – Justin Bieber

• Skills:

  • Sequential Ordering

  • Brainstorming

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

  • Word Identification

Story Eight: The Great One – Wayne Gre

• Skills:

  • Recalling Information

  • Using Context Clues

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Nine: To the Top of the World – Canada’s North

• Skills:

  • Recalling Information

  • Interpreting Text

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Ten: Pumpkin King of the World

• Skills:

  • Cause and Effect

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

  • Antonyms, Synonyms

  • Possessives

Story Eleven: The Poppy

• Skills:

  • Noting Details

  • Word Meanings

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

  • Possessives

Story Twelve: Trash It! - Trash in the Environment

• Skills:

  • Classifying Information

  • Finding Proof

  • Word Meanings

  • Parts of Speech

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

Story Thirteen: The Bluenose

• Skills:

  • Recalling Information

  • Sequential Ordering

  • Parts of Speech

  • Word Identification

Story Fourteen: Ride ’ Em Cowboy! - The Calgary Stampede

• Skills:

  • Classifying Information

  • Following Directions

  • Evaluation

  • Word Meanings

  • Creative Thinking/Writing

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